Audiobooks, literature, and sound studies / edited by Matthew Rubery.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rubery, Matthew, editor.

Series:

Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; 31.

Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature and technology--History.

Literature and technology.

Mass media and literature--History.

Mass media and literature.

Audiobooks.

Sound in literature.

Literature--Appreciation.

Literature.

Books and reading--History--20th century.

Books and reading.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first scholarly work to examine the cultural significance of the "talking book" since the invention of the phonograph in 1877, the earliest machine to enable the reproduction of the human voice. Recent advances in sound technology make this an opportune moment to reflect on the evolution of our reading practices since this remarkable invention. Some questions addressed by the collection include: How does auditory literature adapt printed texts? What skills in close listening are necessary for its reception? What are the social consequences of new listening technologies? In sum, the.

Contents:

Introduction: talking books / Matthew Rubery

The three-minute Victorian novel: remediating Dickens into sound / Jason Camlot

A library on the air: literary dramatization and Orson Welles's mercury theatre / James Jesson

The audiographic impulse: doing literature with the tape recorder / Jesper Olsson

Poetry by phone and phonograph: tracing the influence of Giorno poetry systems / Michael S. Hennessey

Soundtracking the novel: Willy Vlautin's Northline as filmic audiobook / Justin St. Clair

Novelist as "sound-thief": the audiobooks of John le Carr / Garrett Stewart

Hearing Hardy, talking Tolstoy: the audiobook narrator's voice and reader experience / Sara Knox

Talking books, Toni Morrison, and the transformation of narrative authority: two frameworks / K.C. Harrisson

Obama's voices: performance and politics on The dreams from my father audiobook / Jeffrey Severs

Bedtime storytelling revisited: Le pere castor and children's audiobooks / Brigitte Ouvry-Vial

Learning from librivox / Michael Hancher

A preliminary phenomenology of the audiobook / D.E. Wittkower.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9786613151193

9781136733321

1136733329

9781283151191

1283151197

9781136733338

1136733337

9780203818039

0203818032

OCLC:

730151675